

"The weapon that would change the world"
A Russian military propaganda film about the tank commander Kalashnikov, severely injured in battle in 1941. The accident leaves him incapacitated and unable to return to the front line. While recovering in the hospital, he begins creating the initial sketches of what will become one of the world’s most legendary weapons. A self-taught inventor is only 29 when he develops the now iconic assault riffle — the AK-47. Shot in occupied Crimea.
Kalashnikov

Katya

Engineer captain Lyutyy

Zaytsev

Major General Kurbatkin

Major General Degtyarev

Colonel Glukhov

State security captain Lobov

Engineer Major Sudaev

Kazakov

Saakyants

Chief artillery marshal Voronov

Head of depot Krotov

Lieutenant Colonel Basarov

Major Lebedev

Deputy Degtyarev

Kuzmich

Uncle Misha

Kravchenko

Lieutenant in Alma-Ata

Guard in Alma-Ata

Officer in Golutwin

Wounded soldier
Captain

Bezrukiy

Katya's mother

Officer
Vitya

Young Misha Kalashnikov
